Human uptake of microplastic particles (MPs) is causing increasing health concerns, and there is mounting pressure to evaluate the associated risks. While MPs can be ingested, breathed in, or drank in ...

Blood tests are routinely used by veterinarians to monitor a dog’s health or help diagnose medical conditions. But often the ...

Neutrophil granulocytes, a type of immune cell, are indispensable for the defense against pathogens. However, if they migrate into injured tissue, for example into the brain after a stroke, they can ...

Specifically, they examined whether leukocyte count (a widely available clinical marker of systemic inflammation) was associated with Covid disease outcomes. The results, published online in the ...

Among postmenopausal women, leukocyte count is an independent predictor of future ... Multivariable regression models were constructed using biomarker data from blood specimens collected during ...

A total of 4,375 sepsis patients were included in the analysis ... higher leukocyte and lower platelet counts, altered indices of renal, respiratory and hepatic function, and more frequent detection ...

Platelet counts may fluctuate due to natural vascular aging, changes in bone marrow tissue, and altered blood plasma makeup. Platelets, or thrombocytes, are colorless fragments of larger cells ...

This is a molecular machine which can read DNA and create a matching ... from MRC Biostatistics Unit to help us with statistical genetics analysis and Mattia Frontini’s team at NHS Blood and ...

There are some parents who ask for the child’s consent to post a photo of them on social media.

"Seeing is believing," the founder of lab company Truvian told me. So I tried its tabletop blood testing device—which promises results in 30 minutes—for myself.